Record-breaking rainfall from a seasonal front struck Japan’s Kyushu region on Tuesday, leaving three people dead in Kagoshima, Kumamoto, and Fukuoka prefecture.

Torrential rain has struck Japan’s southern island of Kyushu, unleashing floods and mudslides that have forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate and prompting the highest-level weather warnings in parts of the region.

A tropical low-pressure system combined with a stationary front over the Sea of Japan is bringing unstable weather conditions to wide areas of the country.

Typhoon Shanshan persisted in its destructive path through western Japan on Saturday, delivering heavy rain and strong winds that disrupted transportation and led to warnings of additional downpours, News.Az reports citing Anadolu agency.

Japanese forecasters are monitoring a powerful typhoon that could bring destructive winds and heavy rains to the southwest, urging residents to remain on high alert, News.Az reports citing NHK World.